Science and Media Museum!
Yesterday, Year 3 and 4 visited the Science and Media Museum in Bradford.
There were loads of interactive stations that taught us about sound, music, gaming and photography. We explored these areas by reading the information and testing the machines.
We also had a workshop that taught us more about sound, how it travels and how it can be manipulated. We changed the pitch, speed (tempo) and added sound effects! Here are some photos of us enjoying ourselves:
Help at home: try to add sound effects to your favourite film ending using objects from home. Could you use tupperware for horse hooves or hand clicking and clapping for rain?
Football Festival
Some girls from Y3 and Y4 took part in a football festival today at Boston Spa Academy.
First, we took part in lots of fun games and drills to get our bodies warm and our feet used to football! We worked on things like passing, dribbling and communication.
After lunch, we played a mini tournament! It was really exciting to put our skills into practice against other schools.
Risk-taking, being ready and responsible weren’t the only 8Rs we were showcasing – we also had to be very resilient because it was extremely windy!
We represented Moortown by being polite, listening well and most importantly having lots of fun.
Performance Poetry!
Year 4 have been reading a poem recently called ‘Sky In The Pie’ by Roger McGough.
We picked out the tricky vocabulary and discussed the meanings…
- delicate hues – soft colours
- Tate – art gallery in London
- heaped – piled on
- cosmos – the universe or outer space
We spent some time preparing and performing the poem! What makes a good performance?
- using expression
- adding actions
- intonation & pace
- eye contact and body language
- voice projection
Help at home: by performing this different poem by Roger McGough (https://www.moortown.leeds.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sound-collector-poem.pdf)
Science: an EGGcellent experiment
In Science, Y4 have been looking at teeth. It’s really important that we look after our teeth because if we don’t, they can decay.
Sugar creates a sticky substance, called plaque, which can build on your teeth and become a home for bacteria. This bacteria can lead to tooth decay. The protective layer of the teeth (the enamel) can wear away.
Certain food or drinks that are high in sugar or acid can damage our teeth and we must have them in moderation. To explore the effects of different liquids on our teeth, we conducted an EGGciting experiment.
We used the following drinks in our experiment:
Coke, vinegar, orange juice and water.
We conducted an observation over time to see the effects of these drinks on our teeth. However, instead of using real teeth for this experiment, we used eggs! An egg shell contains calcium – the same mineral that is found in our enamel (the protective layer on our teeth).
After leaving our eggs for 2 days, we removed them from their liquid and observed the changes.
The effects of these drinks were clear to see!
- The coke stained the eggshell brown.
- The orange juice decayed the outer layer of the egg shell.
- The vinegar caused the egg to grow in size and become bouncy and translucent.
- The water had no effect.
What we can take away from this learning is that sugary or acidic food and drink can be harmful to our enamel. We should always brush our teeth twice a day, visit the dentist regularly and cut down on the amount of sugar we have to protect our teeth.
Help at home: try this experiment again at home but use different liquids to see their effect!
Living & Learning: body image
In our L&L sessions in Year 4, we’ve been looking at and discussing body image.
We began by thinking about the word ‘beauty’ and what it can mean. It’s important to realise that…
Everyone’s idea of beauty is different.
We talked about how media and advertising can make us think that beauty is to look one way or another.
However, some of these images may have been edited or changed to look a certain way. So, it is important that we do not compare ourselves to the images that we see online. Not everything we see online is real! We looked at two images and identified the edits that had been made between them.
We then thought about ourselves and how we are all beautiful in our own ways.
Help at home: watch this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpM499XhMJQ ) and have a discussion about it. Reinforce the idea that not everything we see online is real.
Leeds Rhinos discount tickets
Leeds Rhinos 50% off tickets offer
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Food Technology: summer salad!
Today, Year 4 made a summer garden salad! The children prepared the ingredients, assembled the salad and ate almost all of it.
We used the bridge and claw cutting skills to cut up all the vegetables. The bridge was best for the new potatoes and the cherry tomatoes. The claw was more suitable for the gem lettuce leaves and cucumber. The carrot was grated to keep it fine and we boiled the new potatoes until they were soft. We stayed safe by using these skills and taking our time. After we assembled all of the vegetables, we whisked together the oil and vinegar for the dressing.
Everyone tried it and the majority of us loved it. It’s a perfect summer recipe for the very hot week we’re having!
Help at home by making it again ! The recipe has been sent home with the children. Can you add something new? Could you try a different dressing?
D&T: sewing
In Year 4, we’re going to be designing, making and evaluating a pouch! This pouch can be for whatever purpose that the children choose. It could be a pencil case, a coin purse, a glasses case or something else entirely.
A key skill that we’ll be using to make these pouches will be sewing. Some of us had sewed before but many of us hadn’t.
We followed these instructions:
1. First, thread the needle and tie a knot in the thread.
2. Then, complete a running stitch using your binka fabric.
3. Finally, tie a knot at the end of the stitch and cut the excess thread.
The children worked so hard to be precise with their sewing and their running stitches look fantastic! More confident sewers were helping their friends and Year 4 all worked together. Have a look at how we got on:
One of the trickiest parts was tying the knots in the thread. Help at home by practising tying knots in a piece of string or even learning how to tie shoelaces! These fine motor skills will be really beneficial for the children.
City of Leeds basketball girls opportunity
Living & Learning: RSE
Over the last few weeks in Year 4, we’ve been exploring relationships and change.
We’ve discussed that our relationships should always be happy and healthy. We gave ideas for how we can make sure this is the case:
- We always respect each other.
- We are kind to each other.
- We try to help each other.
- We listen to each other.
If we don’t feel like our relationships are happy and healthy we should always speak to a trusted adult.
We then looked at the human life cycle and spoke about some of the changes that happen as we get older. For example, when we are born, we have no responsibilities and our grown ups look after us constantly. As we grow older, our bodies will change and we have more responsibilities like cooking for yourself, having a job and learning to drive.
Help at home: by discussing a change that is coming up soon. How do you feeling about moving up to Year 5? What things might change?